Global Sources scheduled to report fourth quarter and year-end 2009 results on March 15, 2010

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Mar 01, 2010, 02:00 ET

NEW YORK, March 1 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources Ltd. (Nasdaq: GSOL) expects to release results for the fourth quarter and year end 2009 before the market opens on March 15, 2010.

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Chairman and CEO Merle A. Hinrichs and CFO David Gillan are scheduled to conduct a conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET on March 15, 2010 (8:00 p.m. on March 15, 2010 in Hong Kong) to review these results in more detail. Please note this will be the first Monday following the Daylight Savings time change. Investors in the United States may participate in the call by dialing (888) 212-8315, and non-Hong Kong international participants may dial (1-706) 643- 0144. Investors in Hong Kong are required to provide the conference ID 52249250; are encouraged to dial into the call 10 to 15 minutes prior to the call to prevent delay in joining; and may participate by dialing (852) 3011- 4522. A live webcast of the conference call is scheduled to be available on Global Sources' corporate site at http://www.investor.globalsources.com .

For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a webcast replay of the call is scheduled to be available on the company's corporate site for 30 days. A telephone replay of the call is also scheduled to be available through March 22, 2010. To listen to the telephone replay dial (800) 642-1687 or dial (1- 706) 645-9291 outside the United States, and enter pass code 52249250#. For those in the Hong Kong area, the replay dial-in number is (852) 3011-4541, and the pass code is 52249250#.

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business uses English-language media to facilitate trade from Greater China to the world. The other business segment utilizes Chinese-language media to enable companies to sell to, and within Greater China.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 888,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 240 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 4.5 million products and more than 253,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 80 sourcing research reports and 17 specialized trade shows which run 55 times a year across 10 cities.

Suppliers receive more than 136 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 39 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 60 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has about 2,500 team members in more than 40 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for its Chinese-language media.

    Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:
     Camellia So
     Tel:   +852-2555-5021
     Email: [email protected]

    Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:
     James W.W. Strachan
     Tel:   +1-480-664-8309
     Email: [email protected]

    Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:
     Investor Relations Department
     Tel:   +852-2555-4777
     Email: [email protected]

    Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:
     Kirsten Chapman & Timothy Dien
     Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
     Tel:   +1-415-433-3777
     Email: [email protected]

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